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Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Study Finds Small Businesses Less Likely to Offer Health Promotion Programs to Employees

A new research review has found that employees at small businesses are less likely to have access to worksite wellness programs. But smaller companies that can overcome the barriers and implement wellness programs can realize achieve meaningful improvements in employee health, report Kira McCoy, BA, of Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass., and colleagues. They write, "Preventative health initiatives and disease management receive less attention in small business, ...